Tuesday, April 29, 2014

I actually downloaded a speech bubble from the internet to make my card and printed it straight onto my paper to make this card

I think it's the stripes in the paper that make it look dimensional

Being that I digitally added the speech bubble I also did the sentiment digitally too

We have the talented Lisette (Mrs Beez)Guesting with us this week ... Lisette won our challenge in week 202 with her wonderful creation and the winner of this challenge will also be offered a Guest spot with us so link up your projects ... If you're looking for inspiration hop over to the CCCB and check out all the projects from our team of designers.

I'm on my way to Lincoln today but I'll do my best to keep up with visiting you all whilst I'm away

Thanks so much for looking in on me and I hope you all have a great week

Sunday, April 27, 2014

I confess that I don't eat as much as I should ... and yet it always looks so colourful and inviting

Most of the fruit we buy is of course imported to the UK ... It's not till mid summer that home grown is ready ... We used to have fields here where you could pick your own strawberries and it was a favourite pastime ... especially for my son who ate as much as he picked

Now many of these fields have been redeveloped ...

But being a good girl - this has been part of my breakfast lately ... I love strawberries but I have to be careful ... some years ago I suffered kidney stones and it seems those tiny little seeds on the strawberries can be a contributory factor

My all time favourite has to be these

Raspberries ... delicious but very expensive here ... that tiny handful cost £2 so I usually make a rustic raspberry and lemon cheese cake with them ... you can find the recipe Hereand though I don't have a photo of mine ... I can promise you that it looks exactly like the one on Susie's blog

I actually cook a lot ... and I often use fruit in my recipes ... even in my salads ... so these can always be found in my kitchen

They remind me of a game we played as little children whilst singing this nursery rhyme

"Oranges and lemons" say the bells of St. Clement's "You owe me five farthings" say the bells of St. Martin's"When will you pay me?" say the bells of Old Bailey"When I grow rich" say the bells of Shoreditch"When will that be?" say the bells of Stepney"I do not know" say the great bells of Bow"Here comes a candle to light you to bedHere comes a chopper to chop off your headChip chop chip chop - the last man's dead."

You can read the origins of it Here... It's about the bells in London and the executions that took place ... Not really what you'd expect for a nursery rhyme

I cut my feather from paper by MME and the background paper is from Me and My Big Ideas - I stamped script and ink splats for more effect

When I first went to high school - many moons ago - we had these awful plastic pens with a nib and there were inkwells in the old wooden desks ... It was impossible to be neat ... the ink would splat everywhere!

Emails and texts are fine ... but I love an old fashioned letter and that's what my card is really about

As I have a little bird as well as a feather on my card, it fits the challenge at

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

I'm finally feeling a lot better ... which is a good thing as I'm off to Lincoln next week to care for my Aunt and I can't risk passing on anything to her...

Thanks so much for your kind wishes ... it really does help well you are not feeling 100%...Plus, I got an Honorable Mention for my card at CAS.ology this week too ... Thank you so much ladies!So, yesterday I saw the wonderful Make It Monday watercolour splats technique by Nichole Heady of PTIHereI just couldn't wait to try this technique ... I'm loving paints at the momentAnd here's my attempt

To link up you need to use at least one product from Papertrey Ink (and of course use the technique)

I used the clock hands die from Hands of Time ... I know ... I use them a lot

Then I stamped and embossed a sentiment using stamps from 2 different PTI sets

Time from the Hands of Time stamp set and the verse from the Life stamp set ... I thought they went together well

I absolutely love how this turned out and I found my aqua brush pen worked a treat for this technique

Wishing you all a lovely day ... Thanks so much for visiting me and leaving your kind comments

Monday, April 21, 2014

I hope you all had a lovely Easter ... We caught up with my brother and SIL on Saturday and my DH went to the match yesterday leaving me to rest ... To be honest I still wasn't feeling well

For a while I've been making cards using up little bits of left over card and things I have laying around ... little bits of card are great for stamping, sponging etc., or just trying out an ideaHere's one that I made to send to the winner of my blog candy following the CCCB celebrations

I used a stencil with some modelling paste on a scrap of card and when it was dry I sponged the whole thing with different inks

The tiny tag was reclaimed from a shop bought card, and the main card was one I had embossed some time ago and then never used

I like the texture with the plain card sandwiched between and I'm enjoying using up bits of card and experimenting with different techniques

A little birdie told me there's a challenge going on over at the Ribbon Girl

which is to use yellow/Lemon so I'll be entering this card over there

Ok, I'm off to grab some tea now so have a lovely day and I'll be back tomorrow

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Hello ...I am so delighted to say that I won the challenge last week at the Mod Squad!

Here I was full of cold and feeling quite rough and then I saw I had won and I tell 'ya, that really made me feel better so Thank You very much!This week the challenge is to pick and use at least 3 of these colours

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